Ritalin, a drug commonly used to treat children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), caused changes in the brain cells of mice similar to those seen with cocaine, a new study shows.
The researchers, from The Rockefeller University in New York City, said the findings suggest that chronic exposure to Ritalin in high doses could prove addictive, and highlight the need for more research into its long-term effects.
However, one ADHD expert said he doubted the…
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The collapse of the export trade has left millions without work and set off a wave of social instability.

China's new year of the ox portends calm but there is little sign of it as workers in Shezhen protest over unpaid wages as factories shut
China's new year of the ox portends calm but there is little sign of it as workers in Shezhen protest over unpaid wages as factories shut
Michael Sheridan in Hong…
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By Dion Nissenbaum | McClatchy Newspapers
EZBT ABED RABBO, Gaza Strip — The Israeli soldiers outside Majdi Abed Rabbo's home were after the three Hamas fighters holed up next door, and they wanted Abed Rabbo to be their point man.
For the next 24 hours, Abed Rabbo said, the soldiers repeatedly forced him to walk through the battle zone to see whether the militants were dead or alive.
Abed Rabbo wasn't alone. Eight…
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The setting is Pennsylvania coal country, but it's a story right out of Dickens' grim 19th-century landscape: Two of Luzerne County's most senior judges on Monday were accused of sending children to jail in return for kickbacks.
The judges, Luzerne County President Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., 58, and his predecessor, Senior Judge Michael T. Conahan, 56, will serve seven years in jail under a plea agreement.
They're alleged to have pocketed $2.6 million in payments from…
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Study by Advanced Cell Technology and collaborators questions ability of human-animal hybrids to generate stem cells
Worcester, MA February 2, 2009 (PR Newswire)—Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (
OTC: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=actc.pk&d=t) and its collaborators reported today that human oocytes (or ‘eggs’) have the capacity to extensively reprogram adult human cells. The research, which appears online ahead of…
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A New Disinfectant
In February 2004 the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) added the new disinfectant, chloramine, (a combination of chlorine and ammonia) into the water distribution system. Since then, chloramine in the water supply has caused severe health problems, environmental risks, plumbing damage, and increased business costs. The public was not consulted in the decision to use chloramine in place of chlorine although there were other…
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Final Warning: A History of the New World Order (Illustrated Edition)
David Allen Rivera
The definitive resource on the origin and history of the movement toward one-world government. This is the rogue Illustrated Edition and contains 2000 pictures.…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police officers have leeway to frisk a passenger in a car stopped for a traffic violation even if nothing indicates the passenger has committed a crime or is about to do so.
The court on Monday unanimously overruled an Arizona appeals court that threw out evidence found during such an encounter.
The case involved a 2002…
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/735519/humans-will-be-implanted-with-microchips
All Australians could be implanted with microchips for tracking and identification within the next two or three generations, a prominent academic says.
Michael G Michael from the University of Wollongong's School of Information Systems and Technology, has coined the term "uberveillance" to…
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The Bush-Cheney administration has covered its tracks of criminal activities by closing files on some major unsolved cases: stolen elections, anthrax, Iraq-related government deceptions and lies, and corporate-related corruptions.
by Diana Lee
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http://mathaba.net/news/?x=616455
As of January 20, 2009, George W. Bush finally made his exit from the Oval Office, leaving his fingerprints as the U.S.…
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Obama: Trilateral Commission Endgame

The August Review Global Elite Research Center Patrick Wood, Editor
January 30, 2009

As previously noted in…
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Subject: The Scam Bill

The House passed an $819 billion "stimulus" bill Wednesday, 244 to 188. All 177 Republicans, plus 11 Democrats, opposed the bill. This doesn't mean the battle is over. The Senate is considering a different variation of the bill and both chambers will have to vote again on a unified version. We must continue to fight. We cannot make this point often…
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By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY
Authorities at Super Bowl XLIII will be looking for more than just drunken fans. They'll be watching spectators' body language, facial expressions and demeanor to find suspicious people.
For the first time Sunday, federal behavior-detection officers will team with local police to use a controversial technique on people heading to a major event, the…
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Researchers at the
UCLA School of Public Health have found the first evidence that perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) – chemicals that are widely used in everyday items such as food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and personal care products – may be associated with infertility in women.
The study published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal…
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Cantor Launches “Smarter, Simpler” Economic Recovery Website
Posted by Kevin on January 30th, 2009
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) is urging Americans to visit a new website unveiled today by Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) outlining the House Republican Economic Recovery Plan, which would create twice the jobs - 6.2 MILLION total - at half the cost of the trillion…
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Defense Department Establishes Civilian Expeditionary Workforce
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2009 – The Defense Department is forming a civilian expeditionary workforce that will be trained and equipped to deploy overseas in support of military missions worldwide, according to department officials.
The intent of the program “is to maximize the use of…
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Minneapolis Taser Incident Ruled Homicide

The death of a 24-year-old Minneapolis man last December after he fought with police and was shot with a Taser has been ruled a homicide caused by cardiorespiratory arrest, according to the Hennepin County medical examiner. Quincy DeShawn Smith, a former radio DJ, died around 12:45 a.m. Dec. 9 after a confrontation with officers…
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:06 PM
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Newsmax
By: David A. Patten
A rising chorus of GOP leaders are protesting that the blockbuster Democratic stimulus package would provide up to a whopping $5.2 billion for ACORN, the left-leaning nonprofit group under federal investigation for massive voter fraud.
Most of the money is secreted away…
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